The Eighth Annual AltBuild Expo and Conference Presented by the City of Santa Monica

The Eighth Annual AltBuild Expo and Conference Presented by the City of Santa Monica—the largest and most-respected green design and building expo in Southern California for both professionals and public.

Over 150 hand-picked exhibitors featuring the world’s best in green building and design materials; energy efficiency techniques and technologies; alternative energy; water conservation and management; environmental plumbing; municipal and state agencies, and non-profit organizations. The event also features more than 40 speakers in all sustainable and alternative building practices.  Current and past speakers have included KCRW’s Frances Anderton; Advisor to the Chairman California Energy Commission Panama Bartholomy; renowned architect, speaker and author Eric Corey Freed; Founder and President of Greymar Associates, architect Wally Geer; State Senator Fran Pavley; Founding board member of the US Green Building Council Bill Reed; and CEO, Seventh Generation Advisors and former Secretary of the California Environmental Protection Agency Terry Tamminen.

The time for Altbuild is now more than ever; the nation and California in particular is enjoying unprecedented rebates and financial incentives for both builders and homeowner to design, retrofit, and add on green.   AltBuild provides the best opportunity of the year for professionals--designers, architects and the building trades—and the public alike to explore everything that’s new and on the horizon in green building, design and operational practices.   The event features public demonstrations, accredited educational programming for professionals, and small group discussions led by area green building experts. Each offers best practices and practical knowledge of green building from a pocketbook, design and carbon footprint perspective.

The Eighth Annual City of Santa Monica AltBuild Expo is the largest green building expo in Southern California. The Expo is free and open to the public and features free bike valet parking; automobile parking is $9. 

 Leading speakers in sustainable and alternative building practices conduct on-site seminars and discussions groups for the architect, building and design trades on Friday. Saturday speakers will host open workshops and discussion groups on sustainable design, green residential remodeling, as well as discuss new ideas, laws and issues about what it means to build green.